What to wait after the rules of the Constitutional Court of South Korea on the accusation of President Yoon

Seoul, South Korea (AP) – South Korea Constitutional Court Soon I could govern whether to rule out or restore the accused conservative president Yoon Suk Yeol. That does not mean the political crisis caused by the imposition of short duration of Yoon of Martial Law It is over.

The political division already severe of South Korea between conservatives and liberals will probably intensify as Seoul dealt with important foreign policy challenges such as the foreign policy platform “America First” of the president of the United States, Donald Trump, and the growing military cooperation of North Korea with Russia.

This is what you should expect on the probable court verdict in Marcial Law Decree of December 3 of Yoon That is testing South Korea’s democracy.

The Constitutional Court has been deliberating whether to formally end Yoon’s presidency since the National Liberal Assembly controlled by the opposition voted to suspend it. Yoon also faces a separate criminal trial after Your arrest and the accusation of prosecutors in January for alleged rebellion in relation to their decree of martial law.

If the Constitutional Court governs against him, he will be officially expelled from his position and a national election will be held for a successor within two months.

If the court rules for Yoon, he would return to presidential duties. It was not clear if it could return or not return to work, because it had been In jail Until Saturday.

Yoon is the first president of South Korea who has been arrested while in office, and there are no clear laws or past decisions that can guarantee their immediate return to office, analysts say. But he was finally released from the prison, after a Seoul court canceled his arrest and allowed him to endure his criminal trial without being arrested.

After listening to 16 witnesses, the Court ended the arguments on February 25, but has not announced when it will announce a verdict. The observers say that it could come as soon as this week or next week, citing previous cases in which the Court ruled on former presidents.

The biggest problem is why Yoon sent hundreds of troops and police to the assembly after declaring the martial law. Yoon says he wanted to maintain order, but some military and police officers who sent there have told Yoon ordered them to drag the legislators to block a vote of the Assembly about their decree or stop their political rivals.

Legislators finally managed to enter and vote their decree. Violence or arrests of politicians did not occur.

Hundreds of thousands of People had previously recovered Near the assembly, asking for the expulsion of Yoon. But those protests have been reduced after Yoon’s accusation. Yoon followers He has also regularly organized great demonstrations to denounce Yoon’s accusation.

Exposing Yoon from the position would promote their supporters to increase protests against a presidential election of the Byle to promote the perspectives of a new conservative president. Resting it would rekindle huge liberal manifestations that demanded Yoon’s resignation, according to Choi Jin, director of the Institute of Presidential Leadership based in Seoul.

“No matter what decision present the Constitutional Court, the Division of South Koreans and extremely polarized politics cannot avoid deepening,” Choi said.

The interim president, Choi Sang-Mok, said Tuesday that the Government will not tolerate illegal and violent protests, saying that concerns about physical clashes between the pro and anti-yon forces are growing in front of the court’s verdict over Yoon.

Pro-Yoon demonstrations became violent in January when The protesters broke out The West District Court after Yoon’s formal arrest warrant approved. The protesters attacked police officers with bricks, steel pipes and other objects. The attack wounded 17 police.

The research authorities have alleged that Yoon application of martial law He ascended to the rebellion, describing it as riots with the purpose of undermining the Constitution. If he is convicted of the rebellion, he could face the death penalty or life imprisonment.

The results of Yoon’s criminal trial will probably be affected by the Constitutional Court ruling.

The support of the Constitutional Court of Yoon’s accusation would confirm his violation of the Constitution and could help increase the perspectives of the conviction for Yoon’s rebellion, said Park Sungbae, a lawyer specialized in criminal law.

But a rejection would mean that the Constitutional Court believed that the decree of Yoon’s martial law was not serious enough to justify the dismissal, or perhaps it was not even illegal. Subsequently, prosecutors will be taxable to raise Yoon’s alleged rebellion in the criminal trial, Park said.

Prosecutors accused Yoon only for charges of rebellion, because he has Presidential immunity of most criminal prosecutions. Some might question if their criminal trial should continue whether their accusation is revoked in the Constitutional Court.

Even if the Constitutional Court restores Yoon, Choi said that Yoon’s authority has already been seriously injured, so the leadership vacuum of South Korea will probably continue.